Decision : CONF 209 VIII.C.1
Hortobágy National Park (Hungary)

The Committee inscribed the site on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (iv) and (v):

Criterion (iv): The Hungarian Puszta is an exceptional surviving example of a cultural landscape constituted by a pastoral society.

Criterion (v): The landscape of the Hortobágy National Park maintains intact and visible traces of its traditional land-use forms over several thousand years, and illustrates the harmonious interaction between people and nature.